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Wow. No biggie, I recognise your tone from some of the "sales assistants" in multiple shops that ultimately went bust due to lack of customer loyalty as a result of awful customer service😁9 points
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I can do shiny and new. You want old school? I can do old school. You want etched & engraved? I can do etched & engraved. You want figured maple? I can do figured maple. You want 3D finish? I can do 3D finish. You want customised rarity? I can do customised rarity. You want barking mad silliness? I can do barking mad silliness. You want more photos? http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/library/Basses CURRENT/AliKat Double Bass 20184 points
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That's a fine suggestion. * 'Real singers don't use music stands' * 'Don't we usually do this in G?' * 'Have I passed the audition?' * 'You don't need a full Marshall stack in a pub' * 'There's no money above the fifth fret' * 'I didn't have time to learn this one' * 'No, it's not a "big guitar" ' * 'You can have a go on my bass if I can have a go on your girlfriend'.4 points
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Glad to hear he hasn't besmirched the good ped name4 points
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I don’t have it yet, but I can’t help posting the finished pictures!! 😍 Should have it next week I think! Specs you can’t see, dual coils with a East Uni-Pre. Si3 points
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I'll be ordering one of these tomorrow (hang the expense..!) if this is what is delivered..!3 points
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Sorry, we're fresh out. We've plenty of scatology, though; will that do..?3 points
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I'm going to be seeking a finders fee for owning the pig that started all this, just saying...3 points
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Anyone visiting Bass Direct is a serious potential buyer. I would like to bet that they get almost no casual 'walk-ins'. I've spent time at the retail 'coal face' and have to agree with mrtcat (and therefore disagree with FDC484950) that if they want a long term future they should/must pay attention to making the customer feel good about the purchase. I travel on Ryanair by necessity not choice - even Michael O'Leary, about whom it has been said that he is capable of starting an argument even when in a room on his own, has realised that a business has to give the customer the 'warm fuzzies' as my kiwi mate calls it. I am not saying that Bass Direct is as bad as Ryanair btw - far from it, but they need to up their game in that department3 points
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Pork wah. Great name for a pedal.3 points
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Yes, that is the attitude that a lot of music shops had when I was young many years ago, and why no-one was that worried when a lot of them closed down.3 points
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Because I'm swaying more to playing 5 string instead of 4 I thought I'd convert my '72 ish P bass onto a 5 string I have seen people doing this but keeping the 4 string neck and changing the nut and bridge, but to be honest I don't think I would be able to get on with the tight string spacing so I think I will get a 5 string neck and rout out the neck pocket and change it that way I'm still not 100% sure whether it's going to be a Tele or a Precision I'm leaning more toward a Tele but that could change? But here's the donor bass2 points
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This is 27 years old but has recently been completely refurbished/refinished and refretted, consequently it’s in mint condition. The refinish was done by Sims guitars in Kent, they’ve done a truly fantastic job. It features a thuya root face and back with an ash core. The neck is wenge and maple with a 24 fret ebony fretboard which has a very thin band of lighter wood purfling running along the edge. It’s 34” scale length with twin Kent Armstrong humbucking pickups and a Bartolini preamp. The bass is amazingly easy and comfortable to play, and very lightweight. The string spacing is about 18mm at the bridge. I would prefer collection from Birmingham, or I can deliver for train fare. The instrument comes with a Hiscox case. Trades welcome for cheaper 6 string basses plus cash my way. I particularly like the headless thing, so maybe Status?2 points -
SOLD - Thanks for all the interest! Hello all, I've decided to put my fretless up for sale. It's an Adamovic Jupiter 4, fretless, made by Nikola Adamovic in Holland. This is an amazing instrument but it's leaving the family to free up some room for a 6 string fretless. A quick run down of the specs below: 4 string 34" scale Flamed redwood top and headstock cap Limba body Spalted maple lined freboard and nut Flamed maple and purpleheart neck Glockenklang 3 band preamp, knobs are volume, pickup pan (there are two pickups under the ramp), treble, bass and mid. I can't remember what all the little switches do, one is a killswitch, I think the other changes mid-freqs adjusted by the mid knob and the other is a phase knob but I'm not 100% certain. Overall the bass is in great condition, it has a few marks in the finish from aging that I've tried to capture in the photos but it has been looked after by the previous owners and there are no big chips or dings in the finish. The fretboard is in great condition, the action is nice and low as I had it set up by Curvy Sounds in Newcastle not long after I bought it. The preamp is nice and flexible, I'd say it leans towards the classic fretless sound more than the modern super bright fretless sound. It's fat and warm but the mids can be boosted for more attack or for playing "Portrait of Tracey" on repeat. Every time I play it I think it's an amazing bass but I yearn for 6 strings, if this bass was a 5 or 6 I'd keep it until the grave but alas, it's a 4 so it's disposable to me. Despite it's appearance the bass is very small and incredibly light.My bathroom scales think it's 2.3kb / 5lbs and I'd say that's about right. It's a featherweight but it's incredibly resonant and loud when not plugged in, it balances perfectly on a strap, as should be expected as Nikola's philosophy when making his designs was "ergonomics first". I had a look on his website and with his 2018 price list and this would have cost in excess of 4500 euros to be built today. With regards to payment I can do Paypal or cash on collection. I can drive to meet or deliver as long as it's not too far from Newcastle. I travel for work and spend a lot of time around Europe so I'll do my best to answer any questions asap. I'm happy to PM my number to discuss the bass on the phone provided I'm not working outside of Europe zone 1. THe bass will be shipped in a hard case, shipping would be £30 within the UK. International buyers, PM for a price. I'd be interested trades, PM me if you're interested, I'll consider anything. Cheers, Dave2 points -
Who said 'Half-pint'..? Come on, own up... You're not leaving until the culprit is found. I don't mind; I've got all the time in the world... ... ...2 points
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Pint held purely for scale 😁2 points
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I'm sure I'll survive and sorry for the thread hijack @Christine2 points
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They were a cracking little band though. Such pointy hairstyles, no wonder you bled.2 points
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That sense of pride you feel when you have made a minor purchasing error, but manage to cover that up using existing parts and you are confident that noone will notice the error..2 points
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Today I screwed up again, nothing major but a silly mistake, I forgot to rout the neck binding rebate before radiusing ah well have to do it another way tomorrow, still not the end of the world just a waste of time So as you may have guessed I radiused the Ebano fretboard, first though I shaped the neck using a jig that fits into the truss rod slot, then in my hurry to radius the fretboard I did that and then shaped it instead of shaping, routing then radiusing. After all that i glued in the Mother of Pearl and sanded them down to 320 grit for now until I fir the binding and clean it up then I can sand down to 3000 grit and see how we look after that; any finer and I'm off shopping again! The inlays were a good fit, I needed to press them in using a vice (linoleum jaw linings) but the fit was good, just that tiny nick to fill, I'm very pleased with that job, lets see how I get on with the headstock inlays hopefully next week. The inlays for the other neck arrived today, so I will get them sorted tomorrow with luck.2 points
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Just traded my pride and joy bass for 10 years with Mike. Excellent guy in every aspect, especially as trading is very much down to trust. Mike receives my highest regards as a great member of Basschat. Buy/sell/trade with Mike without any hesitations!2 points
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Just came across this and was very surprised and saddened to hear of your experience with us. Was it me personally you were dealing with? I can't recall this exchange you're referring to, although that doesn't mean it didn't happen. I do try to help all my customers with any questions or service needs they may have with our products in a very timely manner. In the case of your 6" midrange driver, there have been other customers with the same question or curiosity as to whether or not it was working due to the fact that the high frequency content of a bass guitar is very low in output relative to the lower frequencies. My response for testing this was to play full- range, pre-recorded music thru the speaker to see if the output was consistent with the recording. In all cases, it eliminated any concerns the customer had regarding the 6" driver. I do take great pride in our customer support and service, and expect no less from our dealers. This, of course, doesn't excuse any poor communication on my part, and I am very sorry if it was me personally you were corresponding with. Best Regards, Jim Bergantino2 points
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What an amazing looking instrument and wife2 points
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"...after several days' exchange of evidence, EHX's lawyer summed up her case for the prosciutto. The judge then allowed the jerky to retire, giving them 12 hours to come to a unanimous brisket."2 points
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You're welcome, what we're here for right? And I'm with you in wanting to give the Helix (HX in my case) offerings some serious further consideration. I agree that there has been a LOT of very helpful and considered comments on this thread (as well as more porcine stuff and the left field prospect of budding marketing careers being launched).2 points
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Will happily consult on the design of a bass wah... I have already thought of the silly name for it. Perhaps a picture of a pig wearing a beret with a string of onions round it's neck would go well on the design? An auto-wah version could be a "pork wah? Sausage machine" Why aren't I in marketing?! This is gold dust!2 points
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Yes...but it’s an MM Jazz body. I didn’t have my ruler handy in 1999 to measure pickup placement thus ensuring I didn’t look so silly in 2018 🙄😉2 points
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Yeah but its not a Jazz Bass in the true sense. When was the last time you saw a Fender Jazz with a Stingray pickup in that position.? How is it going to sound like a P Bass (under that pickup cover) in that position anyway.? Im just saying for Fender its a bit Leftfield. There are only so many things you can do with an Electric Bass, radically new bass design is just a pipe dream when it comes to an instrument like the bass, its all been done imo. The last radical design on the bass was a Dingwall. but since then its just minor tweaks.. I do wonder if on some Piano forum there are people moaning because makers aren't doing something radically different or groundbreaking with the piano.. ?2 points
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Don’t get it: why is @mrtcat wrong? Poor customer service is bad PR, regardless of the customer’s intention.2 points
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They know and recognise me as someone who has spent a lot in there over the years, probably £5k to date and I've also sold stuff to staff. It was reasonably busy but it's not a customer's job to convince a shop and it's staff that they're worthy of being welcome. Everyone is a potential customer when you are running a business whether they spend today, tomorrow or years down the line. If they're having a bad day then they need to be professional and suck it up a bit like the rest of us in our professional lives.2 points
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Like a Zak Wylde Les Paul? yup.1 point
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GLWTS Kevin1 point
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Actually, still waiting for the replacement nut, I had an adjustable one, but turned out it was 43mm rather than 42, and yes, it made enough of a difference, so I have bought a blank one which I was expecting today Thats what I thought!1 point
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Hey Tim,pretty sure they use 45to100 sets.i asked the same question1 point
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The fingerboard is really quite red, rather than purple. It reminds me strongly of Cedar of Lebanon though I doubt that is what it is. The invoice & spec states that it is Rosewood, but I don't believe that for a minute. Apart from anything else, that would have fallen foul of CITES, Shirley. As to "brushed aluminium", I say to you "Pah!", and again "Pah!", and thricely "Pah!". This is hologrammatically etched 3D aluminium I'll have you know, My Good Man.1 point
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Rrright. So when he says "yorkshire band...", he really means "bloke...".1 point
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Put a wanted ad up on here and also on the BassPlayer's market forum? They do come up from time to time in the FS (I got mine from a fellow BCer); here's an example of one that could have been bought for £90 before the seller came back to his senses...1 point
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Quite, as I mentioned in the OP.1 point
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We're having a Skype meeting with Mr Chown this weekend. I'll bear it in mind. Remember where you read it first. I'll grant licence for the usual fee.1 point
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Definitely not, upheld it throughout !!!!!!!!!!!1 point
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Get on the phone to EHX! Actually, better yet, @Chownybass? If a Wah pedal is in the works any time soon...?1 point
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Yes, those of us who are no longer 'prime cuts' are more likely to make a pig's ear of things.1 point
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Yes. The only other place I can see where it might belong is Repairs and Technical. I'd put it here and If the local mods get all bovva'd about it, they can move it as appropriate. I am very interested in the inlay process. I'm just off to see if I can find the swear jar.1 point
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Duh! Of course, Gibson QC is fantastic...1 point
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Due to a muck up ordering the Mother of Pearl inlays I'm still short a set so I can't proceed with the Rosewood board until they come but I did a bit of routing on the Ebony one. For my inlays I routed close to the line and then pared to the line with a sharp chisel, apart from one little bit shown below where I made a slight wonder over the line with the router. My excuse is there was too much dust around the cutter LOL. After that I put a bit of masking tape on the cutter to blow it away and it never happened again. Chiselling was the first time I really found a difference to real wood, I don't really know how to describe it but paring Ebony, it's a clean forceful sort of cut, the Ebano felt more like paring balsa but harder, that said it cut very cleanly, certainly good enough for me. Anyway, the inlays fitted a treat with no stress at all other than that one little incident of my own doing. It cut so cleanly I'm thinking I may get away with no real need for edge filling with glue and dust (apart from that one bit shown again with the inlay). The good news of the day was I got my sander back from being repaired at Festool, the switch broke and it needed a new set of gears but bare in mind it is 25 years old and has had a very hard life and this is it's first repair1 point
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I knew it was going to be a slog when I explained (it was my amp) that there was a slight lag in switching between clean and dirty channels, so if there were any songs where he needed to change channels mid-song he would need to select the clean channel and use a fuzz box (which he had) for his dirty sound. He launched into a (I kid you not) five minute rant about how that was unacceptable fault with the amp and that I should take it back because he knows about building amps and there's no reason why there should be a lag, just going round and round in circles about how this was appalling and what a terrible company the manufacturer must be to have made such an awful amp, etc. Just completely focused on making this one point over and over again, that he shouldn't be expected to change what he was expecting to do in order to make up for some deficiency in the amp. His drummer had to shut him down and explain (like you would to a five year old who refuses to get on the bus because it's blue and he only likes red ones) that this is the only amp that he will be able to play with for that gig so it doesn't matter how good or bad it is, he's going to have to use it. And no, he wasn't going to drive 45 minutes home to get his own amp and 45 minutes back again when they were already late for the soundcheck and due to be on stage in an hour.1 point
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Two too many knobs? It's supposedly like a Stingray - one knob for volume and two for active EQ. It's as simple as you can get for an active bass.1 point
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I was using a mixture of stuff at the time. But when I came to test cables, I just put my bass on a stand, then cable straight into a Thumpinator to serve as a buffer, then into a true bypass box into a PJB Bighead headphone amp. This let me switch any patch cable in and out of the chain, and the worst were EBS, Warwick and Bespeco, all of which added significant hiss once in the chain. All had plastic jacks, which is where I suspect the lack of shielding comes into play - anything with a metal jack was fine and made no noticeable difference in noise or tone, including George Ls.1 point
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Failed promises?1 point
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